This month we’re talking about several recent scandals involving Jewish youth groups and youth leaders. What if anything can we hope Jewish organizations do to keep children and employees safe from sexual predators?
And for our second segment we’re talking about Hanukkah kitsch.
Sexual abuse and assault in Jewish youth spaces
Celebrated Haredi children’s author accused of sexually abusing teen girls by TOI staff in the Times of Israel
Sharon rabbi: ‘Hundreds’ may have been abused by USY adviser by Steven A. Rosenberg in the Jewish Journal
Jewish survivors of harassment & abuse network
Hanukkah merch
The fascinating history of Hanukkah merch in America by Rabbi Yael Buechler in Kveller
Hanukkah, Why? By Emma Green in the Atlantic.
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Hanukkah Kitsch by Paula Simons in the Edmonton Journal
Endorsements
Mimi endorses a different tune for Hinei Mah Tov, this one by Shir Appeal, the Tufts University Jewish A Cappella group.
Erin endorses the Crock pot episode of the Nice Try podcast, and the Leiah Moser interview on the Judaism unbound podcast.
Tamar endorses Driven Day planner, the Commentator’s Bible by Michael Carasik, particularly the various burns from one commentator to another, Girls and Sex by Peggy Orenstein
